Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff’s fight against impeachment gathered
speed when tens of thousands of people marched nationwide to oppose what
they said was a “coup”, reports AFP.
The rallies late Thursday were part of a concerted attempt by Rousseff
to turn the tide ahead of an impeachment vote over her alleged
manipulation of government accounts to disguise the depth of Brazil’s
recession during her 2014 reelection.
Further boosting Rousseff, her chief ally in the spiraling political
crisis—fiery ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva—won a major court
battle that removes him from the jurisdiction of a crusading
anti-corruption judge.